Biografía

4 de septiembre de 1937 · San Luis, Misuri, Estados Unidos

7 de mayo de 2007 · Van Nuys, California, Estados Unidos (un insuficiencia cardíaca)

Nicholas Richard Worth

1.83 m

Menacing appearance and a deep, menacing voice

Received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse.

His parents owned a furniture store.

Burt Reynolds initially wanted Richard Kiel to play Troy Roker in City Heat but Clint Eastwood refused because he wanted Kiel in his next movie Pale Rider instead. So Worth who is normal size replaced the towering Kiel.

"I knew I wanted to be an actor since I was 8 years old. I went with my great aunt and saw 'The Three Musketeers.' When I came out of the theater, I told my great aunt, 'I have to be up on the screen like them.' And she looked down at me and said, 'Sure you do, Nicky.'

"Some people at church said, 'How can you do this film, being a Christian?' And I said, 'We don't live in a Pollyanna society. God called upon me to act, and He calls in Christ to be truthful people, and I have to present the world as it is.' That pretty much ended their argument there." (on playing the psychotic lead in "Don't Answer the Phone")

Acting is putting away your ego. I'm not tired of playing villains. They could cast me for the rest of my life in horror films and I wouldn't mind. Work is work, building a character is building a character. I'm not interested in being the biggest star or being in the hottest movies. I'm in this business because I love the craft of acting and will rise to any challenge given to me.